Pierre Abraham Lorillard

The Lorillard hogshead in 1789

Pierre Abraham Lorillard (1742 – 1776) was a French-American tobacconist who founded the business which developed into the Lorillard Tobacco Company, which claimed to be the oldest tobacco firm in the United States and in the world.[1][2] His name is also sometimes given as Peter Abraham Lorillard,[3] Peter Lorillard and Pierre Lorillard I.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference fox was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ackerman, Ruthie. "Loews Lets Lorillard Go", Forbes, December 17, 2007. Accessed July 21, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2008. "Lorillard claims to be the oldest American tobacco company, with a history stretching back to 1760."
  3. ^ Ross, Harold, "American Snuff" (abstract), from 'The Talk of the Town', in The New Yorker dated September 22, 1934, (p. 18)